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Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate School for You

Political Science & Government is the #75 most popular major in the country with 2,664 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Political Science & Government program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts - Boston the most popular school in the New England Region for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

Of the 22 students majoring in political science at UMass Boston, 5% are male and 95% are female.

Full Political Science & Government at University of Massachusetts - Boston Report

Out of the 2 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at University of Connecticut

Best Political Science & Government Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 168
Connecticut 60
Rhode Island 17
New Hampshire 43

Political Science & Government is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Political Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UKWiki at English Wikipedia.

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